About who needs care: Generally, very healthy for 91. Memory issues and some cognitive decline. Interest include music, he was a professional performing pipe organist. Aviation, he was a helicopter and airplane pilot. And sales marketing and advertising. He was an entrepreneur all his life. On an Ideal day he goes to sleep and gets up late. He gets up around noon or so. He has his breakfast and reads the paper. He watches TV. He's been very social all of his life and needs attention. Around 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. he has a cocktail everyday. He likes to go out to dinner and attend certain music functions mostly. If you could go out and chat with a friend over dinner almost every night, he would. He forgets most anything you tell him in a very short amount of time, but he does know that he wants to hang out and talk and he wants to get out of the house. About the care needs: Any ideal caregiver for him should definitely genuinely like people and like talking to people. They should be able to be patient with his memory and having to retell him things. Hobbies and interest held by the caregiver won't matter as long as they're smart and are curious exploratory type of people. Services needed include: transportation, meal preparation, errands / shopping, light housekeeping, companionship, feeding, bathing / dressing, and mobility assistance.
Mobility Assistance
Bathing / Dressing
Companionship
Feeding
Light Housekeeping
Meal Preparation
Errands / Shopping
Transportation Required